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fireguy, I could understand common, but normal? The car shadow is subtle enough, but I don't think the trees are "by design". Maybe it's just something that renders wrong for many people, at least nowadays?

nwarrenfl, can you post shots of car shadows from your setup?

Win98 because it's an old computer and an old game. I think this was also the more common OS at the time, so more compatible? DirectX is the newest. I guess that could be a problem, but I think downgrading the drivers rather than DirectX would be more likely to help. But I'm hoping there's something else that can be tweaked without resorting to system-wide changes.